(04-02-2012 02:04 PM)gotigers1 Wrote:  

(03-30-2012 08:33 PM)TampaKnight Wrote:  Hey, a post-season championship is something, ya know?

Yep.

Sure it's not a big one, but there aren't too many teams that can say they ended the season with a win. Congrats!

Of course some delusional Pitt fan was suggesting that their CBI Championship was a bigger accomplishment than Cuse's Elite 8 finish.

Congrats Pitt!

VCU won the CBI 2 years ago...and then of course made the Final Four the following year...plus another strong NCAA run this year.

(04-02-2012 02:32 PM)KnightLight Wrote:  Congrats Pitt!

VCU won the CBI 2 years ago...and then of course made the Final Four the following year...plus another strong NCAA run this year.

Smart is a very good coach

Oregon won the CBI last season...won 24 games this year by making it to the NIT Quarterfinals.

Bottom line...tourn experience (especially with a team of Freshmen-Juniors) can help in the following year.

(04-02-2012 02:30 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(04-02-2012 02:04 PM)gotigers1 Wrote:  

(03-30-2012 08:33 PM)TampaKnight Wrote:  Hey, a post-season championship is something, ya know?

Yep.

Sure it's not a big one, but there aren't too many teams that can say they ended the season with a win. Congrats!

Of course some delusional Pitt fan was suggesting that their CBI Championship was a bigger accomplishment than Cuse's Elite 8 finish.

What Pitt fans said this?

He was the taster for Iron City Beer, and had just come off his shift when he said that...

(04-02-2012 05:19 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  

(04-02-2012 02:30 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(04-02-2012 02:04 PM)gotigers1 Wrote:  

(03-30-2012 08:33 PM)TampaKnight Wrote:  Hey, a post-season championship is something, ya know?

Yep.

Sure it's not a big one, but there aren't too many teams that can say they ended the season with a win. Congrats!

Of course some delusional Pitt fan was suggesting that their CBI Championship was a bigger accomplishment than Cuse's Elite 8 finish.

What Pitt fans said this?

Not sure..read it on the Cuse board from a reliable poster.

I don't speak for the Pitt fan base, but I'd rather have lost in the Sweet 16 again than win this tourney. But hey a win a win.

(04-02-2012 07:51 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  I don't speak for the Pitt fan base, but I'd rather have lost in the Sweet 16 again than win this tourney. But hey a win a win.

Actually for $$$ purposes...it would have been preferable to lose a play in game than win the CBI. I know the 7 games helped the younger guys though.

How many sports fans could even name the teams in the finals of the CBI or CIT, or who won last year?

More people know who won the main event at Wrestlemania.

(04-02-2012 11:43 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  How many sports fans could even name the teams in the finals of the CBI or CIT, or who won last year?

More people know who won the main event at Wrestlemania.

Maybe...maybe not....but one thing is for sure...returning players normally benefit from any type of tourn setting (one and done if you lose), much more so than watching some dude in tights.

Most people don't really care about the final polls in college basketball since you have a true tournament and the rankings largely mirror tournament performance.

However, apparently someone was a little too excited about Pitt's CBI performance.

Final USA Today/ESPN Poll
#4 Louisville (661 votes)
#5 Syracuse (641)
#10 Marquette (464)
#17 Georgetown (242)
#18 Cincinnati (216)

Others Receiving Votes
#34 Notre Dame, #38 Pittsburgh (2), T-#39 South Florida (1)

So either two coaches voted Pitt 25th or else more likely a single coach voted Pitt 24th. What a joke.

Coaches poll is a joke. I know I am a homer, but Cincinnati has 6 wins against teams ranked higher then them including Georgetown x2 and Florida State who are right above UC. The coaches are made up of a lot of mid-low major coaches, hell some of them were probably coaches of teams in the CBI.

Here's how the Coaches all voted in their final coaches poll.

Yes...one coach did NOT vote Kentucky #1.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/m...53490248/1